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  2. Coimbatore - Wikipedia

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    Coimbatore is called the "Manchester of South India" due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields. [ 76 ] [ 77 ] TIDEL Park Coimbatore in ELCOT SEZ was the first special economic zone (SEZ) set up in 2006. [ 78 ]

  3. History of Coimbatore - Wikipedia

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    They constructed a highway called "Rajakesari Peruvazhi". [10] [11] During the 9th century CE, Coimbatore was ruled by Irula chief Kovan or Covan during whose reign the city of Coimbatore was constructed, allegedly at the behest of a Chera king who accompanied Sundarar on a pilgrimage to the Patteswarar Temple, Perur. [12]

  4. Coimbatore district - Wikipedia

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    Coimbatore district houses more than 25,000 small, medium and large industries with primary industries being engineering and textiles. Coimbatore is called the "Manchester of South India" due to its extensive textile industry, fed by the surrounding cotton fields.

  5. List of city and town nicknames in India - Wikipedia

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    called as "Chitranagri" (City of Paintings). Anand: Milk City; Jamnagar: Jewel of Kathiawar; Paris of Saurashtra; Oil city; Mini Kashi; Brass city; Morbi: City of ceramic tiles; Ankleshwar: chemical hub of India (1500 chemical plants) Industrial hub of Gujarat (Asia's largest industrial estate and consists of approximately 3,000 individual ...

  6. Coimbatore International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Coimbatore International Airport (IATA: CJB, ICAO: VOCB) is an international airport and the primary airport serving the Coimbatore Metropolitan Area in Tamil Nadu, India. [5] It is located in the neighborhood of Peelamedu , about 10 km (6.2 mi) from the center of the city.

  7. Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.

  8. Coimbatore metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area, or Coimbatore Urban Agglomeration, is the sixteenth-most populous metropolitan area in India, the second most populous metropolitan area in the state of Tamil Nadu next only to Chennai. The Coimbatore Metropolitan Area consists of the city of Coimbatore and its suburbs in Coimbatore district.

  9. Renaming of cities in India - Wikipedia

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    In the post-colonial era, several Indian states' names were changed. Some of these changes coincided with the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, a major reform of the boundaries of India's states and territories that organized them along linguistic lines.